Deb Fremouw

The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic.

But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.

Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay

🖋️ “If you aren't ready to impeach, then take back Congressional powers” hit 1,000 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PXRIWU to 50409

Veneer of Normalcy TWO WOMEN PUSHING SHOPPING CARTS IN A GROCERY STORE HEY CLAIRE! HOW YOU DOING? OH, I'M FINE! THOUGHT BUBBLE: FREAKING OUT, ACTUALLY. ANY PLANS THIS WEEKEND? THOUGHT BUBBLE: WILL THERE BE A COUNTRY TOMORROW? YEAH, JUST HAVING NEIGHBORS OVER FOR DINNER. THOUGHT BUBBLE: AND STOCKING UP ON NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS IN CASE SUPPLY CHAINS COLLAPSE. COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA THESE DAYS, HEH HEH! WELL, HAVE A GOOD ONE! THOUGHT BUBBLE: MAY AS WELL ENJOY LIFE WHILE YOU CAN. TAKE CARE! THOUGHT BUBBLE: HEAVEN HELP US ALL ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe

This week's comic: Veneer of Normalcy

So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)

This is important.

Panic does not solve, it is unchanneled anxiety. Channel it. Take action. Do just 1 thing today to redirect your valid fear, rage, horror into something constructive. Call your reps with @5calls.org or write with @resist.bot. Find a protest or plan to do so 4/19 via @50501movement.bsky.social.

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

You gotta be kidding me. No one should be forced to create an account on X to boost Elon Musk’s numbers just so they can get info about the Social Security benefits they paid for.

www.wired.com/story/social...

It has been 18 days since we learned that those involved in Signalgate recklessly endangered the lives of American pilots.

The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination.

This should outrage every single Member of Congress.

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Did you know you can get more characters in Bluesky (if using Deck.Blue) if you hyperlink your URLs? All you need to use are brackets and parentheses? Pretty cool feature I learned from @debbieohi.com

Check out her video

Bonus Hint: You can also use the Hashtag button in Deck.blue too!

A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊

We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.

The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

I've literally been thinking about this all day.

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

That's what happens when we skip due process.

This is awesome!

Here’s a new Visual Book List for #nationallibraryweek! The official theme of Drawn to the Library from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social inspired me to compile some MG and YA titles featuring the library as a setting. Feel free to print and/or adapt using the template at visualbooklists.com 📖🩵

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was over a year-long: December 5, 1955 through December 20, 1956.

People forget this.

Is it relevant that America’s literal origin story is that a people went to war over an unaccountable authority imposing an unreasonable tax on them. (and that tax was an import tax, a tariff)

It seems relevant

WITNESS

Hope laced up her boots
this morning,
grabbed her sign
and marched down Main Streets
from coast to coast,
to drown out every vestige
of despair, distress, and fear
by shouting
louder than loud:
I. AM. HERE.

April 5, 2025
Nikki Grimes.

thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"

This has to stop. If these children can be taken with no due process, anyone can.

19 pages. Over 300 titles. Removed from an American military college. For ADULTS. Future generations will read about this era of censorship in America in history books one day. Assuming books and libraries still exist.

What role are you playing in the history our country is writing?

Right to Read Day The right to read is under attack. On Right to Read Day, April 7, 2025, take action to support your library and protect your freedom to read.

This coming Monday is the #RightToReadDay, when we celebrate the freedom to read, to access information, and to find community—all opportunities our libraries provide.

Find out how you can get involved with @uabookbans.bsky.social 👇

The tariffs are catastrophic. But so too are the abuses of power, so is the corruption, so are the police state tactics, so is the destruction of our health care infrastructure, so are the ways our national security is being endangered, so are the attacks on our core freedoms.

FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S. health agencies.

FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

🖋️ “Condemn Trump's abandonment of democratic values, moral leadership” hit 250 signers!

Yup

Donate to Ukraine’s defenders The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/

Slava Ukraini.

More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.